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Here is a mystic poem from Gitanjali (Art thou abroad on this stormy night), composed by Rabindranath Tagore, and recited by Deepak Chopra. Music composed and produced by Dave Stewart.

Nothing Lasts Forever – Tagore / Recited by Artist : Lisa Bonet

Nothing lasts forever
No one lives forever
Keep that in mind, and love

Our life is not the same old burden
Our path is not the same long journey
The flower fades and dies
We must pause to weave perfection into music
Keep that in mind, and love

My beloved, in you I find refuge

Love droops towards its sunset
To be drowned in the golden shadows
Love must be called from its play
And love must be born again to be free
Keep that in mind, and love

My beloved, in you I find refuge
Without seeing my love, I cannot sleep

Let us hurry to gather our flowers
Before they are plundered by the passing winds
It quickens our blood and brightens our eyes
To snatch kisses that would vanish
If we delayed

Our life is eager
Our desires are keen
For time rolls by
Keep that in mind, and love

My beloved, in you I find refuge

Beauty is sweet for a short time
And then it is gone
Knowledge is precious
But we will never have time to complete it
All is done and finished
In eternal heaven
But our life here is eternally fresh
Keep that in mind, and love

(Rabindranath Tagore, 1861-1941)

Lisa Bonet

For Lisa Bonet’s biographyView Here

In Out of the Darkness, bestselling author Steve Taylor tells the stories of more than 30 people who have undergone permanent spiritual awakening after intense trauma and turmoil in their lives.

Read about the young woman who was reborn after suffering terrible injuries in the 7/7 bombings in London, the man who found enlightenment after becoming paralyzed in a fall, the man who underwent transformation after attempting suicide, and the recovering alcoholic who shifted to a permanent state of enlightenment after hitting ‘rock bottom’ and losing everything.

Steve has also interviewed several spiritual teachers whose awakening occurred after intense psychological turmoil, including Eckhart Tolle. In addition to telling these people’s stories, Out of the Darkness explains why turmoil has this transformational effect and illustrates the almost infinite capacity of human beings to overcome suffering. It shows how close – and how natural – spiritual awakening is to all of us.

Steve Taylor is an author and teacher whose main interests are spirituality and psychology. He taught courses on personal development at the University of Manchester in the UK for several years, and is now a researcher in transpersonal psychology at Liverpool John Moores University. He is the author of Waking from Sleep, The Fall and Making Time. Steve lives in Manchester with his wife and young children.

Steve Taylor: Out of the Darkness: Part 1

Steve Taylor is a lecturer in psychology at Leeds Metropolitan University and researcher in transpersonal psychology at Liverpool John Moores University. He has written for many magazines, newspapers and academic journals, including Psychologies, The Daily Express, The Guardian The Journal of Humanistic Psychology and The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology. Steve lives in Manchester with his wife and young children.

Out of the Darkness tells the stories of more than 30 people who have undergone permanent psychological rebirth after intense trauma and turmoil in their lives. From suffering terrible injuries or developing life-threatening diseases, to hitting rock bottom as a result of addiction, these people have all shifted into a state of appreciation, connection and intense well-being.
Steve Taylor: Out of the Darkness: part 2

Steve Taylor – Out of the Darkness and The Fall (Turmoil to Enlightenment)

Steve’s research looks at how humanity suddenly changed from being peaceful to war like from around 6000 years ago. Humanity suddenly had an ego explosion where people became more individualistic and separate. Also in his new book “Out of the Darkness” Steve discusses a number of cases where people were going through some of kind of inner turmoil to then suddenly transform into an enlightened state of awareness. Where the ego collapses and allows a higher awareness of consciousness to shine through.

Listen to Steve’s fascinating interview and learn about his popular books on the subject.

This book satisfies the wishes and wants of people who are experiencing, or are willing to experience, a monumental paradigm shift within their lives. The Creation of a Consciousness Shift demonstrates that everyone and everything is interconnected within a consciousness matrix. It is one of the first books of its kind to put forth scientific evidence to support its transcendental self-growth message. Various tools, methods, and guidelines are provided for the reader in order to assist in bringing about such a change in ones life.

In The Creation of a Consciousness Shift, author Paul Lenda takes the reader on a journey into the transcendent higher levels of consciousness that will transform ones life and worldview.

How You Can Achieve a Consciousness Shift: Inspirational Book Review

When The Secret became a viral marketing phenomenon several years ago the world seemed to be on the verge of a new dynamic. Even though the “secrets” in the book of that name have been openly talked about for hundreds if not thousands of years our emerging planetary society seemed ready to accept the idea of the Law of Attraction on a massive scale.

Not long after that, Oprah Winfrey went on the airwaves with a brand new broadcasting concept where she interview Eckhart Tolle about his new book “A New Earth” using the latest in interactive technology to connect live to people all over the world. She conducted what I consider the first global classroom where the world came together for ten lessons to work together through Tolle’s book, to ask question of the author Tolle live on TV, and to relate with each other around the frame work of the book. His work followed the theme of an arising planetary consciousness taking hold and changing the world in unimaginable ways. Eckhart and Oprah did just that before our eyes.

Since then we have seen the cell phone revolution engulfing one Arab state after another where one man taking his own life in a protest sparked people revolutions in several Arab countries. Out new mobile technology played and continues to play a leading role in the scenes that cross our sights every day. Facebook pages, endless video uploading to YouTube, and the instant access to a cell phone network that simply can’t be taken down by anyone government.

Our world is definitely changing before our eyes.

Paul Lenda’s book “The Creation of a Consciousness Shift” carries this theme forward and talks about the creation of a consciousness shift not just on a planetary scale but on the very personal scale of your own transformation to a higher state of awareness.

On many levels this book completely mystifies me but not in a negative way. Paul’s style is scholarly rather than the more chatty personal style adopted by many self-development writers currently in vogue. Yet in saying that, Paul manages to fascinate as he follows his theme from what a consciousness shift is to the higher realms of being within our grasp.

The language he uses is clinical, precise, and methodical, yet at the same time inspiring and moving, leading you all the while deep into his amazing world of expanded and expanding consciousness.

His chapters are so well delineated that he takes you effortlessly into some very difficult concepts. His chapter on “Everything is Connected” is broken down into easy steps: Interconnectedness in History, Interconnectedness Today, Independent Co-Creation, Full Consciousness, All is One, The Reality of Non-duality.

His chapter on meditation is a great primer for anyone interested in beginning a practice and is worth the price of the book alone.

Yet it is not until Paul gets to the talking about transcending the lower states to outlining the higher state of consciousness does the book begin to take flight. The chapter entitled The Splendor of Self-Realization is a beautiful piece of writing that will hold you spellbound in splendor as you read.

You need to bring all your mental faculties to this book. This is not some sugar coated brush off of important and critical concepts; it is a very thoughtful book exploring the depths of difficult concepts.

Yet the book is strangely easy to read.

I would love to have had Paul sitting across from me while I read his book…there are so many taking off points crying out for more discussion. As an example Paul seems to give some overall progression to the higher states with out really explaining how that order was arrived at. Maybe I am misreading and he didn’t intend to do that. [Oh for a Manhattan Bar or Coffee Shop (Paul lives in New York City) and an endless supply of napkins to scribble on, and loud conversation about the higher state of consciousness.]

I stay up late turning pages (Paul sent me an advance copy of his book) like I was reading a really good mystery…and in a way that is just what this book is.

Now be prepared for some new words and concepts: they were at least to me. One is Transpersonal. I had to write Paul to ask him to give me a little more detail. He obliged by sending me this link which I am passing on to you. Paul’s intention which he expressed to me in an email was to get the reader interested enough that they would go out and seek more information. Here is the article courtesy of Paul Lenda:

Transpersonal Psychology

Paul also mentions empathogens which is not in most dictionaries but came up when I Google it. I’m quoting now “The terms empathogen and entactogen are used to describe a class of psychoactive drugs that produce distinctive emotional and social effects similar to those of MDMA (“Ecstasy”). These drugs can induce states similar to the higher states reached in a consciousness shift. Paul is quick to point out he is not advocating using drugs to reach those state. I quote Paul here:

“[my] reason for my mentioning them is not in advocating their use in order to achieve those higher states but like you said, to show that they have the ability to help induce those higher mind-states like serenity, bliss, and joy…all states that are possible to achieve naturally.”

If you want to read something with real substance that will make you think, make you question, make you wonder, make you seek…then this is a book for you. Like me, you will learn, love, argue and disagree, yet in the end you will have been transformed, enriched, and inspired to reach for that which is inside of you, that which is already there , a shift in your consciousness to a higher state of being.

I leave you with these words from the book:

“Let nobody dictate what you ought and ought not to do, based on whatever social norms or constructs there may be. Allow yourself to experience the acts of giving and receiving love, no matter what anyone may think. Express this consciousness of love in whatever way you feel promotes the positive social transformation of humanity as a whole. Whatever your medium through which you transmit love, as long as you are pouring out this high energy from within, you are not only helping yourself, but the whole of humanity and the world as it exists.”

You can per-order by clicking on this link. The Creation of a Consciousness Shift

~ Nick Grimshawe, Beautiful Summer Morning

To view a slide presentation on The Creation of a Consciousness Shift by Paul Lenda   View Here

Paul Lenda is a self-realization coach, author, and music artist that wishes to assist others in the processes of self-realization and conscious evolution. With a natural craving and passion for knowledge, Paul has developed an extensive background in the spiritual aspects of life that is both knowledge and experience-based and has spent countless hours studying various belief systems and philosophies in order to develop it. Paul currently resides in New York.

Peter Russell looks at the parallels between Buddha’s spiritual journey and our own. He describes how the Buddhist term dukkha, often translated as “suffering”, is better described as discontent, and stems from resistance to our experience of the present moment.

In this Interview Robert & Diane answer questions about judgment and anger.

The questions addressed in this video are:
1) How do we make wise, life giving use out of our judgment?

2) What is the distinction between anger & aggression?

3) What is the distinction between healthy judgment & condemnation?

Note: View more on their latest articles on Spiritual Bypassing and Sacred Hymn
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Pim van Lommel, MD, a cardiologist from Holland lectured that his frontier research on near-death experiences is based on a multi-site, longitudinal clinical trial. He found that many people who survive cardiac arrest described strikingly similar experiences to those of near-death reports.
Abstract
Nonlocal Consciousness: An explanatory model for the Near-Death Experience
Pim van Lommel, M.D.

Since the publication of several prospective studies on near-death experiences (NDE) in survivors of cardiac arrest, with strikingly similar results and conclusions, the NDE can no longer be scientifically ignored. It is an authentic experience which cannot be simply reduced to imagination, fear of death, hallucination, psychosis, the use of drugs, or oxygen deficiency, and people appear to be permanently changed by an NDE during a cardiac arrest of only some minutes duration. The current materialistic view of the relationship between the brain and consciousness held by most physicians, philosophers and psychologists seems to be too restricted for a proper understanding of this phenomenon. One has to come to the inevitable conclusion that consciousness cannot be localised in a special time nor place (nonlocality), and there are good reasons to assume that our consciousness does not always coincide with the functioning of our brain. So research on NDE seems to be a source of new insights into the possibility of a continuity of our consciousness after physical death.
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You can also view his recent post on his latest book ‘ Consciousness beyond Life‘ here.
http://evolutionarymystic.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/consciousness-beyond-life-dr-pim-van-lommel/

Her “spellbinding, operatic vocals possess a power and poignancy that often moves listeners multiple times her age to tears.”


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Birth Name :Jacqueline Marie Evancho
Birth Date :April 09, 2000
Birth Place : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Claim to fame :First runner-up of the 5th season of “America’s Got Talent”

Biography
by AceShowbiz.com

Jackie Evancho was born April 9, 2000 and started singing since she was just eight years old. She found her interest in music after watching musical “The Phantom of the Opera”. She later competed in a local singing contest in his native Pennsylvania, winning the runner-up place. Living in the suburb area of Pittsburg, she then took vocal lessons, took part in other contests to enrich her experience and uploaded her rendition of music on YouTube.

In 2009, Jackie released an indie album called “Prelude to a Dream” which covered songs from the likes of Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban and Martina McBride. It debuted at No. 2 on iTunes and Billboard Classical Albums Chart.

A year later, Jackie entered “America’s Got Talent” after winning the YouTube competition sponsored by the TV show. She received the most votes from fans to be advanced to the next round and continued to become one of the audience favorites until the finale. Making a duet with Sarah Brightman in “Time to Say Goodbye” and singing solo in “Ave Maria”, she finished at the second place.

Following her win as the runner-up on “AGT”, Jackie signed a record deal with Columbia Records. She dropped a mini album called “O Holy Night” in October 2010. It was ranked the first on Amazon’s bestseller pre-order list and debuted at No. 1 on Billboard Classical chart. Also, it landed at No. 2 on Hot 200, making her the youngest female solo artist to debut in the top 10.

When the EP was released, her indie album was withdrawn from the market. “Because the CD was recorded about a year and half ago and her current voice no longer sounds like what it did then [due to vocal maturity...], we decided to withdraw ‘Prelude to a Dream’ and will be concentrating on new material as part of her progress,” so it was explained.

Biography was written and copyrighted © by AceShowbiz.com.

The Hymn of Jesus and the Esoteric Tradition

Christ, as a hierophant of ancient mysteries, constituted some secret rituals, the strict focus of which was in the training and expansion of consciousness of his disciples. These went beyond the ritual of Baptism and Eucharist:

“While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body. Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.”
~ Matthew 26:26-28

“This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,” he said to them. 25 “Truly I tell you; I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.” When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.”
~ Mark 14:22-25

“When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God. After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you. For I tell you I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”
~ Luke 22:14-20

The registering of these rituals is very much veiled in the Bible. An example of which is the rite of the hymn sang by Jesus Christ and his disciples after the Last Supper. It was recorded in a brief and enigmatic manner and itemized in the same fashion in Mark (14:26) and Matthew

“When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.”
~ Matthew 26:30

Nevertheless, this ritual was preserved through an apocryphal document known as the Acts of John and it was later published as the Hymn of Jesus Christ. In the ceremonial of the hymn, the disciples are said to be in a circle, holding hands. Jesus gave the tone and frequency of the hymn in the center of the circle. The disciples would respond Amen and move themselves in circles. Does the description of this ritual seem familiar to what the whirling dervishes do in their Rituals of Ecstasy?

The power of the hymn could be expressed by some of its sayings:

“Glory to you, Father!

Glory to you, The Word!

Glory to you, Grace!

Glory to you, Spirit!

Glory to you, Sacred!”

The rite continued with an encompassing rhythm, which progressively induced the participants to a higher level of consciousness. In the same canticle, we find declarations of an esoteric nature, such as:

“Now respond to my dancing!

See yourself in me when I speak!

And seeing what I do, keep silence about the Mysteries!”

It ends with an interesting phrase that announces something that was also espoused by the modern psychology Carl Jung: “If you have known how to suffer, you would have the power to avoid suffering. Know the suffering, and you will conquer the power to do not suffer”

Light Upon Light is a book to touch the heart, and awaken the spirit. It takes the lives of some of the great spiritual masters of the last millennium, from Rumi, to twentieth century saint Darshan Singh, and illuminates their inner quests. More than simply biography, Light Upon Light delves into their perceptions of the world, the innermost workings of their minds, and the life incidents that led them to enlightenment. In this sense Light Upon Light is not about the spiritual path; it is designed to take the reader and carry them into the spiritual path, and perceive the wisdom of the masters from within.

While author Andrew Vidich PhD has exemplary academic credentials, he writes from the heart, and calls the reader to a direct experience, a “felt sense” of the core of these masters’ teachings. This is a book to be treasured by both long-time spiritual students, and those new to the great masters of the path.
Andrew Vidich, PhD, is an author, educator, international speaker, and editor. Dr. Vidich has been an adjunct assistant professor of religion at Manhattan College in Riverdale NY and at Iona College in New Rochelle. He is also a Senior Advisor and History Chair, at Repertory High School for the Theatre Arts in New York City. Dr. Vidich holds degrees in music SUNY (B.A.) Comparative Mythology and Religion, New School University (M.A.) Education New School University (M.S.) and a PH.D in Religion from Bernelli International Graduate School. (2000)

He is a founding member of The Interfaith Council of New York and a member of the council of trustees of The Temple of Understanding, an international interfaith organization. His consulting firm The Leadership Institute-inc. teaches and trains people in conflict management, leadership skills and contemplative practice in educational, corporate and non for profits organizations. Dr. Vidich is a member of the board of directors and Public Relations Coordinator for the Science of Spirituality Meditation Center, in Amityville New York.

He has been studying meditation for 35 years under the guidance of three world renowned Meditation Masters including His Holiness Sant Kirpal Singh Ji, Sant Darshan Singh Ji, and His Holiness Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj. He is the author Love Is a Secret (Aslan, 1994).

“Living Luminaries on The Serious Business of Happiness” is a powerful new movie, featuring the insights of the consciously evolved A-list of stars in the Cultural Creative movement.
Here are some of the people that you will meet in “Living Luminaries”:
Best selling authors including: Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now; Marianne Williamson, Illuminata, A Return to Love; Gary Renard, Disappearance of the Universe; Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements; Matthew Kelly, Seven Levels of Intimacy.

Religious and spiritual leaders including: Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith (of the Agape Spiritual Center), Rev. Dr. Mary Manin Morrissey, Dr. Harry Morgan Moses, Nachum Shiffren (The Surfing Rabbi), Rev. Robert A. Schuller (of the Crystal Cathedral), Don Jose Ruiz, and the Venerable Tibetan Lama Chodak Gyatso Nubpa.

Outspoken advocate of civil rights Geronimo Ji Jaga (Pratt) (former Black Panther) and Canadian pot activist, Marc Emery.

Contemporary thinkers and enlightened teachers such as Obadiah S. Harris, Ph.D. Robert Frager, Ph.D. and Stephen Droulard (of the University of Philosophical Research), Rabbi Yitchok Adlerstein (of Loyola University) and Rev. Dr. William S. Epps.

Join our young seeker on his journey as he reaches some of the most inspirational individuals of our day and enhance your life….. Now!
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